Display device

Abstract

A display device includes: a display panel having a first side and a second side facing the first side in a first direction, the display panel including a recessed portion having a recessed shape from the first side of the display panel toward the second side in the first direction, the recessed portion including a side extended from the first side of the display panel; a pad portion disposed on a front surface of the display panel, the pad portion being adjacent to at least one side of the recessed portion; and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) connected to the pad portion, the FPC being bent to a rear surface of the display panel around the at least one side of the recessed portion, the rear surface opposing the front surface.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display device comprising:
 a display panel having a first side and a second side facing the first side in a first direction, the display panel comprising a recessed portion having a recessed shape from the first side of the display panel toward the second side in the first direction, the recessed portion comprising at least one side; 
 a pad portion disposed on a front surface of the display panel, the pad portion being adjacent to the at least one side of the recessed portion; and 
 a flexible printed circuit (FPC) connected to the pad portion, the FPC being bent to a rear surface of the display panel around the at least one side of the recessed portion, the rear surface opposing the front surface. 
 
     
     
       2. The display device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a printed circuit board (PCB) on the rear surface of the display panel, the PCB being connected to the FPC. 
 
     
     
       3. The display device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one side of the recessed portion comprises a first side, a second side and a third side, the first side being parallel with the first side of the display panel, and the second side and the third side connecting the first side of the recessed portion to the first side of the display panel respectively and facing each other, and
 wherein the pad portion is disposed adjacent to the first side of the recessed portion. 
 
     
     
       4. The display device of  claim 3 , wherein the display panel comprises: a non-display area adjacent to the first side of the display panel and the first, second, and third sides of the recessed portion; and a display area adjacent to the first side of the display panel and the first, second, and third sides of the recessed portion with the non-display area in between, and
 wherein a distance from the second side of the display panel to an end of the pad portion adjacent to the first side of the recessed portion is smaller than a distance from the second side of the display panel to an end of the display area adjacent to the first side of the display panel. 
 
     
     
       5. The display device of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a plurality of data lines disposed in the display area extending along the first direction; and 
 a plurality of fan-out lines disposed in the non-display area extending along the non-display area, the plurality of fan-out lines is respectively connected to the plurality of data lines. 
 
     
     
       6. The display device of  claim 3 , wherein a width of the pad portion is less than a width of the recessed portion corresponding to a distance between the second side and the third side of the recessed portion. 
     
     
       7. The display device of  claim 3 , wherein the FPC is bent along a bending axis, and
 wherein a distance from the second side of the display panel to the bending axis of the FPC is smaller than a distance from the second side of the display panel to the first side of the display panel. 
 
     
     
       8. The display device of  claim 7 , wherein a distance from the second side of the display panel to the bending axis of the FPC is greater than a distance from the second side of the display panel to the first side of the recessed portion. 
     
     
       9. The display device of  claim 3 , wherein a width of the FPC is less than a width of the recessed portion corresponding to a distance between the second side and the third side of the recessed portion. 
     
     
       10. The display device of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a camera module, a sensor module, and a speaker module disposed in the recessed portion.